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The Hesgyr are thieves. Scavengers, to hear their victims tell it; repurposers by their own reckoning. As Chief of Intelligence for Non-Anaden Affairs, Eren Savitas' job is to protect the Advocacy from all manner of alien threats: sabotage, assassination, insurgency and, way down the list, theft. So when he spots a Hesgyr running off with valuable technology, he follows the alien home—and discovers a civilization unlike any he's ever encountered.

With the exception of a double homicide twenty-three years ago, nothing big happened in tiny Franklin, Florida. Most of Officer Penelope Chance's cases were minor incidents. In spite of her prayers, the truth was sometimes she wished a case like this would cross her desk. Something to get her blood pumping and give her brain a good workout. So when she gets the call about an attempted murder, she can't help but get excited. But when she learns who the victim is, and who's suspected of the crime, her blood runs cold.

Second chance at love. Forced proximity. Enemies to lovers. Ethan avoided his childhood sweetheart ever since she’d crushed his heart when she chose an acting career in LA. Now she’s back for two months and as the manager of Clear Creek Adventures, he's forced to promote her production. Working with Emily is sweet torture. The old feelings resurrect to life, and all his friends tell him it’s about time he proposed. He has but a few weeks to overcome his fear of commitment and plunge into unknown territory.

Jake Mardell's quiet life is thrown into a flurry when the new neighbor's Great Dane kills his late grandmother's prize chickens. He's outraged that the woman can't control her yapping dog. And to think he was going to welcome her into the neighborhood. Under witness protection, Kaitlyn Hughes (alias Charlotte), is shocked upon first meeting a furious Jake, on her porch in his boxer shorts returning her dog. He doesn't accept her apology, so she calls him a Christian hypocrite and slams the door in his face.

The new creative arts teacher, Page Martin, didn’t want to put on a Christmas play in the first place. She loved art, but in Clear Creek County, one teacher had to cover all creative aspects. Drama included. The pressure is amped when single dad Dion Sanders, a stakeholder, expects his precious girl to sing as an angel in the production. The only problem is, she can’t sing for nuts. Now, the tourism board plans to sell tickets to raise funds to restore the old theatre. Dion offers to build stage sets in exchange for singing lessons for his daughter. Page can’t refuse.

Devastated by a massive meteor strike, the only habitable areas on the Second World are held by hostile species. The survivors are dehydrated, starving, and losing all vestiges of hope. They turn on each other and divide into factions. Now, the only hope for the planet is reunification with the First World. The dark lord celebrates his victory over the survivors’ seer, but he remains bound to the Second World. Desperate, he seeks to trick some of the survivors into helping him fulfill his plans for the Second World’s destruction.

The 12 sentient species who inhabit the Second World have noticed environmental changes. The forests are shrinking. Storms are becoming violent. The desert is hotter, the waters colder. But since each species is isolated from all others, they assume the changes they observe in their specific ecosystem aren’t a global problem. All except Amadah. Concerned about the loss of her beloved trees, she strikes out on her own into the forbidden desert lands of the Topazi to see if they have any answers.

The remnant must carry the sphere to a hidden altar on the high mountain, break the Temporal seal, and open the portal before the sky light consumes their world. But the dark lord inhabits the high mountain, along with the survivors he deceived into joining his side.

The Rasu civil war engineered by Alex Solovy and Nika Kirumase has provided Concord the time it desperately needed. Every weapon, every technology, every tactic will be brought to bear in a bid to defend thousands of worlds and trillions of people from annihilation.